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Here is a promise for the ages: “I am with you always, even to the end of the age.” Though Jesus left this earth physically, he remains with us through the Holy Spirit...
There are behaviors common to non-Christian folk that we should avoid. And, if we once practiced those...
I recently had a very sobering career discussion with a friend who said this to me: “I have finally come to grips...
Another set of case laws regulated money and collateral (Exod. 22:25-27). Two situations are in view. The first pertains to a needy...
The Rev. Roger Williams was my great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great, great grandfather. That would be 1...
"There was a man who had two sons . . ." So begins one of the New Testament's most familiar parables. And the first eight words alone relate to almost anyone. Most of...
"The term 'missional church' would be redundant if the church knew its mission."
At his excellent website, Next Reformation, Len Hjalmarson reveals the story of a man who is making a difference in Windsor, Ontario...
The Sabbath is a day for saving life, not just in the particular sense of rescuing someone from a life-threatening situation, but...
This may seem like an odd pairing. Who could argue with the prohibition against robbery? But how...
He had the nurses turn his bed to face the window. “I like to watch the sun come through,” he says. I move over and slat the blinds, look down onto the street—onto...
When I picked up Come Be My Light, I discovered a stark honesty that caught me off guard. Mother Teresa was not the woman the world thought we knew. As Shane Claiborne noted...
In our time of history, the Good News of Christ is once again being mocked as foolish.
And so, dear brothers and sisters, I plead with you to give your bodies to God because of all he has done for you. Let them be a living and holy sacrifice—the kind...
When Jesus calls us to love our enemies, we might wonder what that really means in practice. Surely, we're not to get all warm and fuzzy when we think about those who seek...
When we think about finishing well, we swerve toward headline events. But what about the less dramatic finishings?
Jesus’ prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane is, in my opinion, the most unexpected prayer ever. There is no prayer in Scripture...
One of the more frequent words translated as “community” or “fellowship” in the New Testament is koinonia. This was a well-used word...
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